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RAR, UDF, ZIPX files and more,</small><small> over 200 archive types
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            <h1 style="text-align: center;"><big><big><big><a
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extract BZ2 format<br>
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FILES COMPRESSOR, OPENER, EXTRACTOR UTILITY</a></p>
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            <h2><big><big><big><a name="free_bz2_software"></a><a
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files compressor, opener, extractor utility</a></big></big></big></h2>
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            <a name="work_with_bz2_files"></a>PeaZip free bz2 files
utility offers full read /
write support (compressor, and extractor / opener) for BZ2
compressed files,
through the Open Source components from 7-Zip and p7zip projects
(released
under LGPL license, as PeaZip) to offer the same GUI
frontend to
create,
browse, and extract .bz2 files under Windows
and Linux operating systems.<br>
Chaining Bzip2 compression after Tar archiving triggers <a
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compression</span></a>: the entire input is treated as a whole in order
to attain generally better compression performances that treating each
input file separately.<br>
BZ2 format does not support encryption (files of this type cannot be
password protected).<br>
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                        <h2><big>Compress to BZ2 format<br>
                        </big></h2>
                        <p><a name="create_bz2_file"></a>BZ2
compression accepts a
single file as input,
otherwise (to add multiple files and directories) use "TAR before"
option to consolidate input in a single TAR package before proceeding
with compression stage with BZip2 algorithm.<br>
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explorer</p>
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                              <p><a name="bzip2_compression"></a>Use
context menu
entry PeaZip &gt; Add to archive for archive creation
screen, to set compression settings, output destination,
and other options.</p>
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                            <p>Create BZ2 files from PeaZip</p>
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                              <p><a name="add_to_bz2_file"></a>Select
files and folders, and use Add
button
(also in context
menu) for archive creation screen</p>
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and drop files / folders from the
system
to a
PeaZip
instance</p>
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From "Advanced" tab, you can
fine-tune compression settings (dictionary size and passes) of the
BZip2 compression.<br>
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conversion</a>
procedure using <span style="font-weight: bold;">Convert </span>button
extracts and then re-pack input archive files into any write-supported
format (7z, arc, bz2, pea, tar, zip...)</h2>
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supported for reading (ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, ZIP...) into a new BZ2
file, as well as to
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                        <h2><big>Open BZ2 files</big></h2>
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                        <a name="read_bz2_files"></a>To open BZ2 file
and <span style="font-weight: bold;">view </span>its content (a
single
compresed file in case of plain .bz2 format, a tar archive opening a
TBZ or tar.bz file), open it in
PeaZip with double click if file extension is associated with the
application, or using system context menu "Open as archive" entry,
that
will attempt to read any user provided file type regardless file
associations<br>
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                        <h2><big>Extract BZ2 files</big><br>
                        </h2>
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                        <h3><br>
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                        <h3><a name="manage_bz2_files"></a>Decompress
Bzip2 files from the
system</h3>
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                          <li>
                            <p>Use context menu entry "Extract..."
for
extraction screen to set
output path and other options</p>
                          </li>
                          <li>
                            <p>Select one or more archives and use
context
menu
entry <span style="font-weight: bold;">Extract here</span> or <span
 style="font-weight: bold;">Extract
here (to new folder)</span> for quick extraction with no further
confirmation </p>
                          </li>
                        </ul>
                        <a name="bz2_files_utility"></a>Decompress
BZip2 files within PeaZip free archiver<br>
                        <ul style="text-align: left;">
                          <li>
                            <p><a name="bz2_file_extraction"></a>Extract
button shows archive
extraction screen providing access to all "unzip" options (set output
path, open output path after extraction, keep or delete original
archives, etc)<br>
                            </p>
                          </li>
                          <li>
                            <p><a name="how_to_extract_bz2_file"></a>Extract
all to... button activates a
simplified
procedure only asking for output path</p>
                          </li>
                          <li>Simply drag &amp; drop the compressed
file
from
the
application to the system to decompress it</li>
                        </ul>
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 name="how_to_extract_bz2_files"></a>To work on a BZipped TAR file (TBZ
or
TAR.BZ2 extension) you will need
to
uncompress the tar container before using aforementioned methods - it
is
a two-step non atomic operation.<br>
Read more about <a href="how-to-extract-rar-zip-archives.html">how to
extract archive files</a> and <a
 href="how-to-extract-selected-files-from-archive.html">how to extract
selected content from archive</a>. </div>
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